Hannerle spent her childhood surrounded by artists, writers and musicians while living on Longboat Key’s north end in the historic Longbeach Village. She attributes the artistic drive of her father

At the Thursday workshop the Town Commission decided to transfer $74,000 from the Phase II Infrastructure Surtax (Sarasota County penny sales tax) money to the Fire Department General Fund to purchase

The Planning and Zoning Board will hold a meeting at 9 a.m., April 6, in Town Hall to review seven of the town’s codes as suggested by the Longboat Key Club

Longboat Key’s La Playa Condominiums was a finalist in the 2010 statewide recognition program of Condo and Homeowner’s Associations.

The Town Commission determined Thursday that several members of the commission would join members of the Planning and Zoning Board to form a subcommittee to review the town’s tree code

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church will hold an ‘Island Casual’ social event on Saturday, April 24, to benefit the Lutheran Church in Haiti.

The Longboat Chamber held its 10th Annual Meet and Greet March 23 at the Avenue of the Flowers. The Meet and Greet has been a venue created to bring together Longboat Key condominium managers and directors with Key businesses that offer services and products of interest to condominiums.

Your brain may use between 25 and 30 percent of your body’s calories, but its energy consumption does not vary much between sleep and feverish study. Yet how you use your brain can change your waistline.

It’s time to clear up a few odds and ends sitting on my desk and I do that at the same time thanking many of my readers who provide fodder for this column.

From the port town of Augusta in Sicily, Italy, to Longboat Key, Sebastiano and Francesca Daniele visit Longboat Key’s Re Frederico Restaurant at Avenue of the Flowers. Their son, Alessandro Daniele, is co-owner and keeper of his mother Francesca’s cooking secrets.